Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,St Johnstone, who won the
2021 Scottish Cup Final
The 2021 Scottish Cup Final was the 136th final of the Scottish Cup and the final of the 2020–21 Scottish Cup, the most prestigious knockout football competition in Scotland. The match was played on 22 May 2021 at Hampden Park, Glasgow. St ...
on 22 May 2021, were defeated by
Kelty Hearts
Kelty Hearts Football Club is a football club based in the village of Kelty in Fife, Scotland. Formed in 1975 and nicknamed ''the Hearts'', ''the Maroon Machine'' and ''the Jambos'', they play their home games at New Central Park. Their home ...
in the fourth round.
Calendar
The calendar for the 2021–22 Scottish Cup was announced by Scottish Football Association on 30 July 2021.
The format features several changes from the previous season, with all Highland and Lowland League teams entering in the same round. Replays have been re-introduced for drawn matches played before the fourth round after they were removed for the 2020–21 competition. However, replays that are level after 90 minutes will go directly to a
penalty shootout
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Darvel
Darvel
( sco, Dairvel, gd, Darbhail) is a small town in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It is at the eastern end of the Irvine Valley and is sometimes referred to as "The Lang Toon" ( en, the Long Town).
The town's Latin motto, , means "Not for ou ...
, Dunbar United, and Sauchie Juniors are taking part in the Scottish Cup for the first time having each gained their Club Licence. Auchinleck Talbot, Irvine Meadow, Musselburgh Athletic are also competing for the first time as SFA members rather than qualifiers. Clydebank make their first appearance in the Scottish Cup since 2001–02 after re-founding as a junior club in 2003 and gaining their SFA licence.
Draw
Teams in bold advanced to the first round.
The draw for the preliminary round took place on 12 August 2021. Auchinleck Talbot, Camelon Juniors, Clydebank, Cumnock Juniors, Darvel, Dunipace, Glasgow University, Haddington Athletic, Hill of Beath Hawthorn, Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale, Newtongrange Star, Sauchie, St Cuthbert Wanderers, Tranent Juniors and Wigtown & Bladnoch all received a bye to the first round.
Matches
Replay
First round
The first round took place on the weekend of 18 September 2021. Along with the 11 winners from the preliminary round and 15 teams with byes, there were 34 new entries at this stage - 18 from the Highland Football League and 16 from the
Lowland Football League
The Scottish Lowland Football League (SLFL, commonly known as the Lowland League) is a senior football league based in central and southern Scotland. The league sits at level 5 on the Scottish football league system, acting as a feeder to the ...
. The draw took place on 29 August 2021.
Draw
Teams in bold advanced to the second round.
Matches
Replays
Second round
The second round took place on the weekend of 23 October 2021. Along with the 30 winners from the first round, there were 10 new entries at this stage - all from
League Two
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. The draw took place on 19 September 2021.
Draw
Teams in ''Italics'' were unknown at the time of the draw. Teams in bold advanced to the third round.
Matches
Replays
Third round
The third round took place on the weekend of 27 November 2021. Along with the 20 winners from the second round, there were 20 new entries at this stage - from
League One
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and the
Championship
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Championship systems
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Title match system
In this system ...
. The draw took place on 24 October 2021 at 5:15pm live on the Scottish Cup YouTube, Facebook and Twitter pages.
Draw
Teams in ''Italics'' were unknown at the time of the draw. Teams in bold advanced to the fourth round.
Matches
Replays
Fourth round
The fourth round took place on the weekend of 22 January 2022. Along with the 20 winners from the third round, there were 12 new entries at this stage - from the Premiership. The draw took place on 29 November 2021 following the Brechin City v Darvel match live on BBC Scotland.
Draw
Teams in ''Italics'' were unknown at the time of the draw. Teams in bold advanced to the fifth round. Auchinleck Talbot were drawn against Premiership club Heart of Midlothian (58 places above them), representing the biggest league position gap between two teams in the competition's history since the pyramid system was introduced.
Matches
Fifth round
The fifth round took place on the weekend of 12 February 2022, featuring the 16 winners from the fourth round. The draw took place on 22 January 2022 following the Alloa Athletic v Celtic match live on Premier Sports 1. Teams in bold advanced to the quarter-finals.
Draw
Matches
Quarter-finals
The quarter-finals took place on the weekend of 12 March 2022. The draw took place on 14 February 2022 following the Peterhead v Dundee match live on BBC Scotland with guest
Paul Slane
Paul Slane (born 25 November 1991) is a Scottish media personality and former professional footballer. He has played for Motherwell, Celtic, Partick Thistle, Milton Keynes Dons, Ayr United, Clyde and Open Goal Broomhill. Slane also represente ...
.
Draw
Teams in Bold advanced to the semi-finals.
Matches
Semi-finals
The semi-finals took place on the weekend of 16 April 2022. The draw took place on 14 March 2022 following the Dundee United v Celtic match live on Premier Sports 1 with guest
Greg Hemphill
Gregory Edward Hemphill (born 14 December 1969) is a Scottish-Canadian comedian, actor, writer, and director. He is best known for his work with Ford Kiernan on the BBC Scotland comedy series ''Chewin' The Fat'' (1999–2005) and ''Still Game'' ...
.
The semi-finalists were Celtic, Hearts, Hibernian and Rangers, the first time in the competition's history (its 122nd edition since Celtic were founded in 1888) that this combination of teams made up the last four.
Draw
Matches
Final
Broadcasting
The Scottish Cup is broadcast by Premier Sports and BBC Scotland.
Premier Sports
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has the first two picks of the fourth and fifth rounds, the quarter-finals as well as first pick of one semi-final and will air the final non-exclusively. BBC Scotland will broadcast one match per round from the first round onwards and two matches per round from the fourth round to the quarter-finals, as well as one semi-final and the final.
The following matches are to be broadcast live on UK television: